Dear God, how often have I felt I’d be better prepared if I could somehow visualize what is on the road up ahead. But You’ve been teaching me a better way to prepare for whatever I will encounter today: spending quality time with You. Teach me how to read my life the way I read Hebrew…(right to […]

O LORD, I know You have always been with me and have never left me alone. You alone know every struggle and every success I have ever had. I know You have been right here with me in all my trials and my failures, helping me through this day and all those past and future.

Father, my Father, I am so grateful You bless me with Joy unspeakable and full of Glory. The Joy is Yours, and the Glory is Yours; but You bestow them on me as I live in Your Presence— Thank You for inviting me to live fully in You and You in me. Amen. Verse for Today: “Jesus

Father, I know better, but I often get trapped in a posture of demanding to know “Why?” I know it is the wrong question to ask You. I know the right questions are: “How do You want me to view this situation?” and “What do You want me to do right now?” I know I

O LORD, You know waiting patiently does not come easily to me, but I know it is nonetheless very good for me. I long to plan ahead, make definitive decisions, and make things happen. I am not good at waiting. There is probably a time for that, but this is not the time. Now is

Good morning, my LORD, I got up this morning loving to hear You saying to me, “I have called you by name; you are Mine!” It’s so comforting to know I belong to You—no matter how isolated I sometimes feel.  I will walk in the warmth of Your nearness to me today with gratitude as I pray

My LORD, my Father…please keep me from worry about what might go wrong, or what my friends might say or circumstances which may occur. Help me trust You enough to face problems as they come, instead of making up problems to worry about, knowing nothing happens to or around me which has not already passed